Alumni Updates

Alumni Update July 7 – 13, 2025 Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee (OSA) and Director General of the Foreign Service Institute, Atty. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III was recently conferred the Gawad Mabini Award, an honor bestowed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines in recognition of his exemplary contributions to the Philippine Foreign Service. […]

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee (OSA) Nella Fe Pineda-Marcon was recently honored during the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Celebration held on May 15, 2025, at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center, Queens Borough Hall, Kew Gardens, New York. She was recognized for her enduring contributions to the AAPI community. The event was hosted by […]

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee (OSA) Dr. Romulo G. Villanueva Jr. was recently honored with the Dr. Eleazar Sarmiento Memorial Award for Community Service during the Grand Reunion Gala Night of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Alumni Association of America, Inc. (UERMMMAAI), held June 14, 2025, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. […]

Following the election held last May 10 at the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Risen Lord at UP Diliman, the Sillimanians in Metro Manila gathered around 100 multi-generational alumni representing various sectors and industries to celebrate the induction of the new Officers and Directors of the biggest alumni chapter of Silliman University on […]

Alumni Update June 9 – 15, 2025 Ceramic artist Lanelle Abueva Fernando and the SUHS Class of 1973 turned over 88 sets of communion ware to the Divinity School’s Elena Maquiso Center for Liturgy and Music. The communion sets – consisting of a chalice, a pitcher, and a plate – were turned over on May […]

Alumni Update for June 2-8, 2025 SUAANYNJ’s Philippine Independence Day Parade participation has been a yearly tradition. Chapter President Juliesette Divinagracia Hatulan led the Silliman alumni contingent, with the presence of Chapter President Elect Joseph “Toto” Calderon, Silliman University Trustee Dr. Evangeline Bravo-Manjares, and other officers and members of the chapter. The annual parade, the […]

Alumni Update May 28 – June 1, 2025 Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee Dr. Evangeline Bravo-Manjares was recently recognized as the honoree representing the Philippines during the Town of Hempstead’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Celebration held on May 30, 2025. The celebration highlights the town’s commitment to honoring individuals from diverse backgrounds and […]

Alumni Update May 5 – 11, 2025 Silliman University (SU) commemorated the 115th death anniversary of its founder, Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman, with a memorial service and floral offering held on May 2, 2025, at his bust located on the Silliman Hall grounds. The guest speaker for the occasion was missionary worker Carlton “Cobbie” J. […]

Alumni Update April 28 – May 4, 2025 Silliman University alumna Keilah T. Gallo has been selected as one of the 100 youth volunteers for Cohort 5 of the eMpowering Youth Across ASEAN (EYAA) Programme, a prestigious initiative jointly organized by the Maybank Foundation and the ASEAN Foundation. The program aims to empower young leaders […]

Alumni Update March 31 – April 6, 2025 Dr. Ma. Diosa V. Labiste, a 1985 Bachelor of Mass Communication graduate from Silliman University (SU), was appointed Dean of the newly-renamed College of Media and Communication at UP Diliman by the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents on March 27, 2025. She will be […]